I recently read N.T. Wright’s newest book, “Simply Good News: Why the Gospel is News and What Makes it Good.” [1]
Two sentences within this book jumped right out at me. I share them below.
“We need, I suggest, to ask afresh: What is the good news that Jesus himself announced and told his followers to announce as well?”
As I moved into another chapter, I found the below sentence.
“The kingdom of God, Jesus declared, runs on love. That is the good news.”
Yes, there are other things being said in this book, however, these two sentences seemed to grab my attention.
I think we try to make following Jesus too complicated. It is not an ‘I believe and I receive statement’. It is not ‘I do works and I am rewarded’. It is not ‘I am in and you are out’.
Actually, it is rather simple. It is all about running on love. It is about loving God. It is about loving others. And yes, it is even about loving ourselves. And the really good news is that we are all included.
That is it. We do not need to make it any more complicated.
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Simply Good News: Why the Gospel Is News and What Makes It Good by N T Wright. Free with your audible trial.
Simply Jesus: A New Vision of Who He Was, What He Did, and Why He Matters by N T Wright
Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense by N T Wright
The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is by N. T. Wright
Paul: A Biography by N. T. Wright
[1] N. T. Wright, Simply Good News: Why the Gospel is News and What Makes it Good (HarperOne 2015)
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